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PHILLIP WAS LED BY THE SPIRIT FROM SAMARIA TO THE GAZA DESERT,WHERE HE ENCOUNTERED  AN ETHIOPIAN EUNUCH (A ROYAL OFFICIAL ) IN HIS CHARIOT, READING ISIAH. 53. WHEN PHILLIP EXPLAINED THE GOSPEL BASED ON THAT PASSAGE, THE EUNUCH'S QUESTION ( ACTS. 8:31)  REFLECTS THE TRAGIC CONDITION OF LOST SINNERS: HOW CAN THEY UNDERSTAND GOD'S WILL UNLESS SOMEONE GUIDES THEM SEE ROM. 10:13-15) PHILLIP WAS ABLE TO RESPOND TO HIS NEED AND LEAD HIM TO CHRIST BASE ON SCRIPTURE ACTS> 8;35 ALSO SEE LUKE…

DAVID DECLARED THAT THE LORD WOULD BLESS AND HONOR THOSE WHO MINISTERED TO THE POOR AND WEAK 41:1-3). HE THEN TOLD THE LORD OF HIS OWN NEED FOR HEALING AND DELIVERANCE FROM HIS ENEMIES 41:4-9) AND ASKED HIM TO COME TO HIS AID 41:10-12). THE CLOSE FRIEND WHO HAD TURNED AGAINST DAVID 41:9) MAY HAVE BEEN ABSALOM SEE> 2SAM. 15:4-12)OR AHITHOPHEL SEE>2SAM. 16:15,  20-23), BUT CHRIST SAW  IN DAVID"S LAMENT A  PROPHECY OF HIS OWN  BETRAYAL BY JUDAS SEE>JOHN 13:18). 41:13 IS APPARENTLY THE…

DAVID WAS SUFFERING GREAT PHYSICAL DISTRESS BECAUSE OF SOME SIN HE HAD COMMITTED 38:1-8). BOTH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WERE KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE 38:11). RATHER THAN TRYING TO EXCUSE HIS SIN 38:13-14),DAVID CONFESSED IT AND CRIED OUT TO GOD FOR DELIVERANCE 38:9-10, 15-22 ). (PSALM 39 "REMOVE MY SICKNESS" I"M ONLY A SHADOW" HAVING TRIED IN VAIN TO KEEP SILENT ABOUT HIS SUFFERING 39:1-3), DAVID ASKED GOD TO IMPRESS UPON HIM BOTH THE BREVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE 39:4-9). FEELING THAT HE…

DAVID ENCOURAGED HIS HEARERS NOT TO BE DISTRESSED BY ALL THE WEALTHY SINNERS AROUND THEM,WHO OFTEN TRIED TO DO THEM HARM; ( FRUSTRATED OR FRUITFUL? 37:1-8) > THOUGH EVIL DOERS MAY SEEM TO PROSPER 37:7, 16), THEY WILL ULTIMATELY FAIL 37:2), WHILE THOSE WHO TRUST GOD, THOUGH SEEMINGLY NOT AS PROSPEROUS 37:16), WILL FIND JUSTICE AND THE DESIRES OF THEIR HEART).(LAUGHED AT OR LIFTED UP? 37:9-33) GOD LAUGHS AT THE UNGODLY,FOR HE KNOWS THEIR JUDGEMENT IS COMING 37:13). MEANWHILE,HE ENABLES THE…

  GOD GAVE DAVID A REVELATION CONCERNING UNGODLY PEOPLE; THEY ARE SO GODLESS,SELF CENTERED, AND DECEITFUL THAT THEY LIE  AWAKE AT NIGHT HATCHING EVIL PLOTS PS. 36:1-4). THE RIGHTEOUS,ON THE OTHER HAND,ENJOY ABUNDANT BLESSINGS FROM GOD PS. 36:5-9), WHO IS BOTH THE LIFE AND LIGHT OF HUMANKIND 36:9). DAVID PRAYED FOR CONTINUED BLESSINGS AND PROTECTION FROM THE UNGODLY 36:10-12).                                                                                                                  …

AMOS. 1:1-2 "THESE  NATIONS WILL BE JUDGED" amos,a shepherd from juda,introduced his prophecies concerning eight different nations (1:3-2:16) by describing god's awesome presence as he called those nations to account. earthquake (see> date and location 1:1 states that amos prophesied during the reigns of jeroboam ll (793-753 bc.) and the southern king uzziah (azariah,790-740), and that god's message came to him" two years before the earthquake" josephus dates this earthquake at the time…

LUKE. 19:11-27 jesus told a parable showing how we should occupy ourselves in the time between his first and second comings: just as the ten servants were to invest their master's money, we are to "invest" our abilities and opportunities. both this parable and a similar one (matt. 25:14-30) emphasize three things; *the divine source of our abilities. *the importance of our dependability in using them. *our future accountability for how we use them 

ATTS. 13:13-52  the missionaries left cyprus and sailed to perga in pam phylia,part of present-day turkey. for some reason john mark left paul and barnabas and returned to jerusalem. while barnabas had helped get paul started in his ministry see> acts. 9:27   11:25-26) and had apparently been the dominant member of the missionary team see> acts. 12:25  13:2)), "paul and those with him" acts. 13:13) suggests that paul now became the leader).( 13: 14-41 arriving in antioch of…

paul reviewed the basic gospel message, which is the historical fact of  THE DEATH,BURIAL, AND RESURRECTION OF CHRIST,"THE WONDERFUL MESSAGE"" of which OUR FAITH IS BUILT. CHRIST WAS NOT A MARTYR DYING FOR HIS FAITH,BUT A SAVIOR DYING FOR OUR SINS. HE DID NOT SAY." I AM FINISHED" BUT IT IS FINISHED" SEE GEN 1:26-31) were instrumental in bringing about christ's death and resurrection; + THE FATHER see> john. 3:16 see> acts. 2:24).+THE SON. see> john.10: 11, 18 ). +THE HOLY SPIRIT…

any spiritual gift, no matter how well used, is worthless without love(13:1-3)love is the basis of all human virtues,expressing it self in many outward qualities of character and enduring when all else fails(13:4-10).motivated by love,we should lay aside childish talk and actions and act like mature believers,awaiting the day when perfection will come (13:11-12)faith,hope,and love are the most enduring of all human virtues, but even among these,love is the greatest (13:13) *because love is…

matthew  9:9-13  noted his  own call to discipleship, which was followed by a confrontation between jesus and the pharisees for his associating with  matthew"s unsavory friends. tax collectors were not liked in jesus" day  anymore than in our day! they were categorized with "sinners"  matt.9:10-11). jesus used this occasion to stress that he had come as a physicians to heal sinners, he rejected the pharisees'  practice of personal separation from undesirable people, which gave them little…